Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Nothing is predestined: the obstacles of your past can become gateways that lead to new beginnings.
— Ralph Blum
At this doorway to a new year, we look ahead to new beginnings. In some ways, this is like any other day in the cycle of our lives. Some things we know for sure, and other things are yet to be revealed. We can know that again on this day we will stay sober and true to our path of healing and recovery. Still, we look to the year ahead with a sense of adventure. This year will be a continuing flow of experiences, and on this path, we deal with each experience with the calm certainty that we are not alone.
We know that we cannot control what happens to us, but we can stay true to ourselves. “Keep coming back” is a well-known motto for our life in recovery. We are not perfect, and we don’t expect perfection of ourselves. What we expect is to keep returning to our path. Like any driver or any pilot who continuously reorients his craft as he travels along his route, we look forward to this year, knowing that we will keep returning to the true course we have chosen. It will be an adventure, and we will take whatever happens and use it for our growth.
Living one day at a time, my pledge is to keep coming back to this path of renewal.
Hazelden Foundation
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